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All these project
proposals have two aims in common: to empower women and
communities and to create job opportunities through
socio-economic development.
Green Future for SRWP
Project Coordinator: Mrs. Lucia Nghaamwa
Shalongo Regional Women Project
Is a community based project operating in Okashakati Village.
The mission of this project is to provide the highest quality of
crops and their theme is, to attract and maintain customers.
Their quality products will exceed the expectations of their
customers.
Mile 46 Dry Land Project
Ms. Lydia Frans
Situated in Tsasava- Kapako Constituency, this project belongs
to the Mbunza Traditional Authority supported by the Ministry of
Agriculture, Water and Forestry, Ministry of Health and Social
Servises, CDC and the VDC members.
This project was established in the early eighties by
Directorate of Agriculture and Forestry in the former Kavango
Admnistration and it is previously known as the Tsasava dry land
project. The reason this project was established was simply to
accommodate farmers who had interest an interest to cultivate an
allocated a peace of land. This program has been going on for
years even after independence, until 1996-1997 during ploughing
season.
The purpose and the objectives of this project is to turn into a
full agricultural project that will be managed by the community
themselves for empowerment, job-creation, food-security,
reduction of poverty and development in the rural area, self
employment opportunity through activities like clearing the
site-de-bushing, fencing and ploughing, harvesting and
threshing, milling and marketing with the intention of assisting
the vulnerable children, orphans and the people infected and
affected with HIV/AIDS in the community.
Tutekula Children’s Organisation
Mrs. Maria Kombwana
Based inOhangwena Region in Onhuno.
This is a welfare organization registered with the Ministry of
Health and Social Services October 2007. Their major activities
are Day care program merged with the Life skills, HIV/AIDS,
Counseling and training, after school program and feeding scheme
merged with the computer literacy and the establishment of the
library program. The activities will heavily rely on an
effective initial training and on going support from partners in
providing supervision and on-job training services.
Ongha Pendukeni Project
Chairperson: Ms. Mirjam Kautwima
Is a project established in January 2000. This project is about
planting edible plant or trees and also sawing caring various
vegetable.
Their aim is to fight poverty and reduce unemployment and also
assist the HIV/AIDS infected and affected people in the Namibian
community by providing fresh food.
Kehemu E.B.C Dorcas Choir Group
Ms. Johanna P. Manuel
With the aim to introduce Jatropha plant by group members, this
project would like to provide the opportunity for the group of
women to participate in the developmental affairs which ensures
self income generation through contribution to poverty
alleviation, generation of income from self-employment,
improving the living conditions of their families and those of
orphans, empowering women in participatory economic development,
forster acceptable collaborative working relationship with other
stakeholders in the same business, thereby improving the quality
of living for its members.
The project will focus primarily on the cultivation of the
Jatropha plant.
Oshiwedha Jatropha Project Proposal
Chairperson: Victoria Nguloshi
At Ohaihana Village in Enhana Constituancy, this project
established Oshiweda Jatropha project.
The project still aims to establish a Jatropha Plantation. Their
aims and objectives are to create employment inorder to reduce
poverty, to enhance the social and economic development of our
people, to diversify our agricultural production activities and
to access the training and acquire new agricultural production
and techniques through their planned activities: de-bushing of
land, raising funds for the project, acquiring of fencing
materials, excavation of earth dam, procurement of seedling and
plants, acquiring of seeds, procurement building materials,
ploughing and planting, construction of fence, construction of
an office.
Peparu Community Project
Chair person: Mr. Festus Nauyoma
Situated in Nongera in Rundu.
Peparu means “ Penehupifo”. The objectives of the project is to
create employment, to create a favourable and hygienic
vegetablas for the rural people, to create small market for the
community to sell their product at one place, to promote social
economic standards in the rural communities through Jatripha, to
empower the community especially women in self-employment
capacity, to promote local vagetables to hospitals, school
hostels etc. and to promote health food for both children and
adults with the aim of preventing malnutrition related diseases.
Jatropha Production
Location: Emono Village, Okatana Constutency in Oshana Region
Chairperson: Ms. Hilma Elias
MTCT is currently collaborating with the Polytechnic on research
regarding the
Jatropha
Curcuas and its viability in arid to semi arid regions and
the possibility of intercropping with vegetables and other
edible crops, without sacrificing land used for food as food
security has to be primary.
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